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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30
Mistellaueuns &eadiug,
OLD EXECUTIONS,

In the seventeenth and eighteenth GEN.
turies our method of executions was most
brutal. There was long ride OF the GRIM
inal in an open cart, with his coffin by
his side, either to Tyburn or the spot
where he committed the murder; the
cart was stopped under the gallows, the
rope was fastened round the criminals
neck, the cartman gave the horse a lash,
and the poor wretch was left swaying to
and fro, kicking. If he had friends, they
would try to shorten his agony by hang
ing on to his legs, and beating his breast,
shocking sight. But hanging then was
looked upon as a holiday spectacle, in
which we find the lower class took great
interest, and evinced much sympathy
with the deceased. For instance, Claude
du Val, the celebrated highwayman, lay
in state at the "Tangie" Tavern in St..
Giles in room hung with black cloth,
the bier covered with scutcheons, and with
eight wax candles burning around. He
was buried by torchlight, and was followed
to Covent Garden BY a numerous train OF
mourners, mostly women. Mission, a
French writer, who visited England in
the reign of William III, says: "He that
is hanged or otherwise executed, first takes
care to get himself shaved and hand
somely dressed, either in mourning, or in
the dress of a bridegroom. This done,
he sets his friends at work to get him
leave to be buried, and carry his coffin
with him, which is easily obtained. When
his suit of clothes, or night gown, his
gloves, hat, periwig, nosegay, coffin, Han
mel dress for his corpse, and all those
things are bought and prepared, the main
point is taken care of-his mind Is at
peace, and then he thinks of his consci-
ence. Generally, he studies a speech,
which he pronounces under the gallows
and gives in writing to the Sheriff or the
minister that attends him in his last mo-
ments, desiring that it may be printed.
Sometimes the girls dress in white, with
great, silk scarves, and carry baskets full
of flowers and oranges, scattering these
favors all the way they 60. But to repre-
sent things as they really are, I must needs
own that, if pretty many of these peo-
pie dress thus gayly and 60 to it with an
air of Indifference, there are many others
that 60 slovenly enough, and with very
dismal phizzes. I remember, one day l
saw in the park handsome girl, very
we'll dressed, that was then in mourning
for her father, who had been hanged but
month before at Tyburn for false coin
age. So many countries so many fash
iOnS."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30
AN HONEST INDIAN,

General Scott used to narrate story
about one of his Virginia connections,
Colonel Charles Scott, after he had been
made prisoner of war at the surrender of
Charleston, s. G., in 1881. His health be-
came so bad that he obtained his parole !;
and having procured a horse and chair for
himself, and horse for his servant and
put some provisions and bottle of spirits
into the chair-box (for there were few
houses of accommodation on the road he
was about to travel,) the General was
placed in his small carriage and set out
for his native State, Virginia.
On his march to Charleston he acquired
the knowledge of remarkably cool
spring, about twelve or fourteen miles
from the city, encompassed by fine shade
and not more than hundred yards from
the road. He ordered his servant to drive
to the spot, which was found. AS the
General was so feeble that he could neith-
er walk nor stand alone, his servant
spread his cloak upon the grass, took him
from his chair and laid him down to rest.
The British commander had sedulOusly
prohibited all communication to the
American prisoner either by letters or
was extremely difficult to learn what was
know if the Americans had any force in
the field in that quarter of the country,
and if so, to learn their strength and posi-
ton. He ordered his servant to keep a
lookout, and if he saw any person passing
along the road to halt and ask him to
come to the spring. After some time the
servant remarked to the General that he
saw dirty-looking Indian coming up
the road "Direct him to come here"
said the General. He did so, and some
thing like the following dialogue ensued !:
General-How do you do.
Indian-O, how do?
General-Where are you going?
Indian-To the lower CataWba town.
General-What are you going there for?
Indian-I am going to preach.
General-Aye, so you preach, do you?
Indian-O, yes; me preach sometime.
General-Well! do they pay you any
for preaching?
Indian-Yes, little-twenty shillings-
each town pay me twenty shillings.
General-Why, that is blanked poor
pay.
Indian-Aye, and blanked poor preach,
too.
The General was so pleased with the
prompt and candid reply of the Indian
that he burst into a fit of laughter, and for
a long time he could not restrain himself.
When he became composed he discovered
that he had got into a considerable perspi-
ration, which he had not felt before since
his sickness. The bottle of spirits had been
put into the spring to cool the provisions
were taken out of the chair-box; the Gen
eral and the Indian ate and drank togeth-
er, and the General was heard to declare
that he ate and drank with better appe-
tite than he had done since he had been a
prisoner. He was helped into his chair
again, pursued his journey, continued to
improve in health, and when he arrived
at his residence (Petersburg) he was per-
fectly restored.-Ben: Perley P0ore.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30
THE MONKEY LABOR QUESTION.

Now that the experiment of training
the chimpanzee as a servant has been tried
and found successful very grave question
arises before US, and unless some immedi-
ate steps are taken for its prevention a
very serious evil is likely to result.
Let us suppose that things have been
allowed to take their own course and that
we are in the year 1887. Every day car
goes OF chimpanzees are brought into the
country and sold as servants. Men from
all parts of country have seized upon this
opportunity to obtain cheap labor, and
have expended time and money in edu-
eating the chimpanzee, so that now, at
the end of a century of careful training,
he has almost reached perfection. A
maiden lady in Boston discovered that
the chimpanZee has arrived at such de-
gree of intelligence that he is in every
way the equal of his master. She COM
municates this fact to another maiden
lady over cup Of tea. T he other lady
agrees with her, and they decide that the
chimpanzee is very much oppressed. The
disease spreads rapidly, and in short
meeting and pass resolution that the
chimpanzee must be emancipated. Men
throughout the country who have invested
largely in chimpanzees, and are depend
ent upon them for their livelihood, are
strongly opposed to this measure; but the
women of Boston are firm; either the
country must free the chimpanzee and
place him on equal footing with all other
citizens of the United States or the women
of Boston will secede. It is great crisis
in our political history. We may lose the
great city of Boston, and perhaps Massa-
chusetts. The excitement throughout the
country is intense. Men talk of war.
Shall we again bear the strain of civil
conflict? But the women of Boston stand
firm. Congress passes bill of emancipa-
tion and the President signs it. Thou
sands of men are ruined, but the Chin
panzee is free. But is the chimpanzee
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30
CHAPTER XIV.

Lady Valworth sighs profoundly as she
drops into a chair, and receives with a
thankful smile her late but ever welcome
cup of tea.
''Such crush! Such an abnormal
temperature! Talk of Indiar'
She sighs mildly, as all fat women
sigh. The concert had indeed been over
crowded, as the diva was to sing.
"I hate the ultra fashionable cOncerts!'
says her sister-in-law, Mrs. Brand, who
is feeling slightly fractions. '"rhe others
are nearly, if not quite, as good, and
there is the advantage of finding ones
self alive after them; but this afternoon!
To look at tho Duchess of Downshire
was to guess the rest. Poor woman! she
grew so flushed, so heavy, toward the
end, that l wonder the chair didn't give
way under her."
''Wherc is NIillicent:" asks Lady
Valworth, rather inconsequently.
''In her boudoir with Miss Roche"
Mrs. Brands tone is slightly sharp. II
asked Brown as came in, and lie told
me So"
elbow did she spend her day."
"With some people rather out of my
set, though in a specially good one-if u
rather dull onc-of their own. You re-
member the Durans Fanny Duran
more particularly! She is keeping house
for her nephew now"
"Muuricc Duran, who lost his wife
some years ago: \ silly little woman
with temper, as 1 remember her.
daughter OF Lord AshborOugh'S.
Yes. Tie wife was insupportablc to
q degree. Well--hc lives with his aunt
now And what on earth Milliccnt could
see in Fanny Duran to make her miss
to-day's concert is more than | can con-
ceive; sometimes that girl worries me
beyond belief"
sWcll, think it was very nice OF her."
returns Lady Nalworth, pleasantly.
"Few girls nowadays would give even Il
thought to an old woman like Fanny.
Yes, it was kind of her"
She taps her spoon softly against the
edge of her cup, and tells herself that this
niece of hers-So soon to be her daughter
in-law-is indeed treasure to be desired.
Il dare say you are right" she says.
"And as to Nadine Roche, that little
Friend of hers, have wanted to say a
word to YOU about her for some time.
She is such a sweet girl--so gentle, so
thoroughly bred-but poor, you Know.
Her father, Gen. Roche, died suddenly,
and there was no provision for the family
u very usual thing with military men
and 80 the poor child has to give lessons
to exc out the slender income That she
and her mother possess.
"a sad story-but hardly an uncom-
mon one You suggested that l could
help her-that you wished to enlist my
sympathies with regard to her, but as
yet hardly sec how 1 can be OF use. II
money
oh! no. Nothing at all of that sort.
But of late it has seemed to me that
she is looking .pule; and, now that the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30
2KVILLE, S. O.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 80, 1887.
happy? No LONGER provided with food

happy? No longer provided with food
and clothing, he wanders about in utter
desolation. One hundred years of educa-
tion have deprived him of that instinct
which nature gave him. He shivers in
the cold wind and is unable to provide
himself with food. A boycott has been
declared against all who shall employ
him. His lot is indeed wretched.
Why, then, do our statesmen worry
themselves about such questions as prohi-
bition and woman suffrage, or allow their
minds to be dissipated by considering the
labor question and knights of Labor or
their time sei in ii disputing with with Canada upon upon
the rights of fishermen, or spend weary
nights in writing articles on seacoast de-
fenses, and in hunting up difficult propo-
sitions for the next civil service examina-
ton? Why do they not before it is too
late and the evil is upon us, turn their
attention to the all important question of
the chimpanzee Cor. ". Y. Graphic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30

ORIGIN OF THE TERM YANKEE.
There are comparatively few peo-
pie who know the origin of the term
"Yankee," by which we are accus-
toned, more or less affectionate-
ly, to designate our American cous-
ins born in the United States. In
view of the approaching American
Exhibition of Arts, Inventions, Man.
ufactures and Products of the United
States, to be held next year at Earl's
Court, Kensington, and which has
already been nicknamed in some
quarters, "The Yankeries," it may
be of interest to our readers to know
what the word means. When the
Pilgrim Fathers landed on Plymouth
Rock the friendly Indians asked of
what people they were, to which
query they replied, "English." But
the red man could not twist his
tongue around the word, and "Yen-
geese" was as near as he could get to
it. 1t was but very short time,
and by natural and easy transition,
before "Yangeese" became trans
formed into "Yankees." The use
of this word is peculiar. The peo-
pie of the Southern States call all
Northeners, both east and west,
"Yankees," as will be remembered
by those familiar with the great
civil war. The people of the West
ern States call only those living in
the Eastern States, or East of the
Hudson river, Yankees" and these
are the only people who acknoWl-
edge the name, and, also describe
themselves. On the other hand, all
the English colonists and the people
of Great Britain invariably call all
citizens of the United States "Yan-
kees," and when abroad they cheer.
fully accept and are generally proud
of the title. which, as we have seen,
means and is only corruption OF
the word English. ."-Eaglish Paper.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30

Observation-Disclosures is indi-
Gated in little things, hence men are
judged by little things. So simple
a matter as the paper upon which a
man writes a note has its indication
of his character and it has its bear.
ing on the estimate which is formed
of him by others. This is NO 8
question of economy; it is a ques-
ton of taste. And taste can show
itself in things of the smallest cost,
as truly as things of the largest cost.
The man who has no sense Of the tit
ness of things in the paper he writes
on, lacks that sense of the fitness OF
things which give fitness and pow
er to that which is written. Many
a man would write better than ne
does if he would give close attention
to the paper on which he writes; and
many a man would make q better
impression on his correspondents II
he looked more carefully to the ap-
pearance of the notes or letters which
he sends to correspondent. That
which one man chooses as a means
of service, both indicates and infiu-
ences the character of him who
makes the choice. The outside
world often recognizes this truth,
while the man whose welfare is in
volved in it has no suspicion OF the
fact.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30
CHAPTER XIV.

II the idea that he looked startled and
turned pale on seeing her at first sug-
gested itself to Nadine, it is speedily
routed. Mr.. Annerley, coming up to her,
holds out his hand with quite beauling
smile.
"You 1t is not one of your do VS.,
surely" he says.
His tone is crisp, abrupt; in another
man it might be called furried. A long,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30

ALL MIsTAKEs.-There are a num-
ber of mistakes made even by wise
people while passing through life.
Prominent among them is the idea
that you must labor when you are
not in a fit condition to do so; to
think that the more person eats
the healthier and stronger he will
become to 60 to bed at midnight
and rise at daybreak, and imagine
that every hour taken from sleep is
an hour gained; to imagine that, If
a little work or exercise is good, yio-
lent and prolonged exercise are bet
ter; to conclude that the smallest
room in the house was large enough
to sleep in; to eat as if you had only
a minute to finish the meal in, or,to
eat without any appetite, or to con-
tinue after it mas been satisfied, mere
ly to please the taste 10 believe that
children can do as much work as
grown people, and that the more
hours they study the more they learn;
to imagine that whatever remedy
causes one to feel Immediately better
is good for the system, without re-
gard to the after-effects ; to take OIL
proper clothing out of season because
you have become heated to sleep
exposed to a direct draught; to think
any nostrum is specific for all the
diseases flesh is heir to.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30

W1sDoM.-Some people have such
surplus of wisdom that they are
constantly overhowing in streams OF
counsel to others. It makes no dlf-
ference whether their counsel is asked
for or not, or whether it is becoming
in them to give it or not, they thrust
it forward. Their poor victims feel
like saying in the language OF Esau
to Jacob: "I have enough, my broth.
er keep that thou hast unto thyself."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30
NEW FACTS ABOUT CANNIBALS.

It has long been known that few
tribes of cannibals lived in Africa,
but there was until recently no reason
to believe that the tribes of anthro-
pophagi are numerous and that can
nibalism is practiced in quite large
part of the continent. The new dis
covery is the result of explorations
in the Congo basin, where it is now
believed cannibals are more numer-
Gus than in any other part of the
world. There are striking differen-
ces with regard to this practice among
the various tribes.
When Lieutenants Kund and Tap
penbeck were travelling between the
Wambu and XVIII Rivers there
came along the gentle and timid
tribe Of the Pamballa, who confessed
that they were man-eaters on small
scale. ut is true" they said, "that
we eat people when we have any to
eat, but that is not very often."
This announcement has a tinge of
sadness due to the fact that the Pam
ballas, not being warlike are gener-
ally the under dogs in the fights that
surrounding tribes force upon them,
and they think themselves lucky if
now and then an enemy falls into
their hands.
Quite different was the conduct of
the man-eaters whom the travellers
met a little further east. "Why,"
they insolently shouted, "do you not
give us some of your men to eat :?
You are no friends of ours. When
the Majaccas come among US they
never fail to bring US some men to
eat. They are our friends"
Other cannibals in the Congo basin
deny that they are man;;eaters, and
will not admit the truth as long as
they can conceal it. Few of the
Bangallas will talk on the subject to
white men. The practice in their
tribe is generally confined to their
chiefs and leaders, they being con-
sidered as specially privileged.
1t Is impossible as yet to say what
causes confirm some tribes in the prac-
tice of ,cannibalism, while nearly
related tribes abhor the very idea.
The Monbuttus of the Welle Makua,
who are exceptionally advanced in
their arts and industries, are canni-
balls. The Wagandas, on the other
hand, who live about 400 miles south
east, and who are of the same stock
as the Monbuttus and like them In
their development, wouldn't dream
of eating human body, notwith-
standing the fact that they are very
fond of meat, which is the greatest
luxury the common people can have,
as they are confined almost wholly
to vegetable diet.-We,0 York SIN.
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and dark. Into a cab outside he puts
her, lays his face for an instant against
her palm, and then is lost among the
growing mists of the night.
Now, and only now, Nadine remem-
bers how she had forgotten to tell him Of
the projected visit to Valworth Park!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30

b@- True spirituality is at once uncon-
scious and selfrevealing. In the pulpit,
in the store or shop, in the sick room or
in the forum, it is recognized by even the
unspiritual. "You are not as spiritual as
usual to-day" said sanity patriarch to
young preacher one day. He never forgot
the lesson thus implicitly conveyed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30

FIRST APPEARANCE OF RATS
It is but little over a century ago
l775-that the first brown rat, the
ordinary house rat-made his appear
ance in America. He came as a
stowaway on shipboard, either from
India or Persia, or possibly from
some Mediterranean port. Rats were
unknown in Europe until the middle
of the eighteenth century. In every
town, village and hamlet in the
United States, now, the rat is almost
as we'll known as the dog or the cat,
and the rodent population must be
far larger than either of the others.
So rapid is the increase Of the species
that single pair, if unmolested for
a year, will have an offspring of hun
dreds in that time. In dwellings
and city sewers the house rat is the
ruler, and his black brother is driv-
en- to the wall. In the fields, and
along the marshes bordering the sea
coast, the musk rat and the cotton
rat hold sway. Rats of many species
are now to be found wherever hu-
man habitation exists. 1t is easier
to render a building fire-proof than
rat-proof.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30

AN INDIAN Boys QUEsTIoN.-A
teacher in endeavoring to overthrow
the Indian belief that the earth is
fiat, stands still, and that the sun
passes over and under it every twen-
ty-four hours, said in conclusion {:
$50, you see it is the earth that goes
round while the sun stands STILL"
A tall boy asked: "Then what for
you tell us one story about man in the
Bible-I forgot his name-strong
warrior-fight all day, but get dark
so can't fight, and he say "Sun, stand
still" What for he say that if sun
all time stand still ."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-08-11
CONDENSED DISPATCIiE .

The British war ship Tourmaline arrived
at Halifax ruefday from Bermuda
Z c. Whitesey, the business msnager who
was shot by Frederick A. s. Berry, the
crank, died "wednesday afternoon
Gen. Charles Hughes died Tuesday night
at Sandy Hill, n. Y. He represented the
twelfth district of New York in Congress in
1853 and 1854.
The Kreuse 4 ,itung of Berlin, in an article
on the political situation in Europe, says
that the relations between Russia and Ger
many have greatly improved.
The Portsmouth, N. II. shoe factory com
menced work on Wednesday, in all depart
ments, having secured enough lasters to part
ly fill the places of the strikers.
The receiver of registers at Aderro, Italy.
and his family have fallen victims to their
devotion to cholera patients. OF the whole
family only a small child survives.
Orlando b. Hastings, manufacturer of card
board, 26 Beekmau street, New York. failed
w, dnesday. The liabilities are S232, ,270,
nominal assets Sll3, ,44s, actual assets, 1884,
Il8.
Chas. Williams of Charlestown, w. Va,
prominent lawyer, who shot and killed
County Surveyor Aldredge at Logan court
house last FRIDAY night, was hanged by the
citizens Tuesday night.
Frederick w. Hoyt will be shot to death at
Salt Lake City, today, Thursday for the
murder OF John W. Turner seven years ago.
hoyt has had four trials and was sentence
IN 1881, but by the laws delay has been kept
in prison ever since. He had bis choice Of
being hanged or shot, and chose the latter.